Tamilnadu has been a frontrunner in organ donation. However, in 2018, the number of registrations witnessed a dip. The reason being, according to Transplant Authority of Tamilnadu (TRANSTAN), is the decrease in number of road traffic accidents (RTA) occurring in the State.
Author: Bhavani Prabhakar
On 27 Jan 2018, Badhri Narayanan Seshadri hosted his first ‘Motta Maadi Music’ session on his terrace at Thillai Ganga Nagar. A handful of 20 members took part. Fast forward 1.5 years, a whopping 1,000 audience sign up and thousands more wait in queue with hopes to witness at least his next session.
With technological advancements happening on a regular basis in the field of medicine, stem cell transplantation is projected as the cure for several disorders, including thalassemia and sickle cell anaemia and as an alternative to treatment like chemotherapy.
The State government has selected several waterbodies in South Chennai, Kovalam stretch and Adambakkam Lake is one among them, for desilting and deepening process.
While the Union Budget will be presented tomorrow, experts in the State voice their concern for increase in healthcare spend. In the interim budget presented early this year, Rs 61,398 crore was allocated for the health sector, which was 19 per cent more than the 2018-19 allocation.
An artist by profession, Gowtham has been voicing out his concern for several causes. This time it is plastic waste.
A Sanjivi, a resident of Zamin Pallavaram, who advocates self-sustainability, is a living example of the same.
In conversation with News Today, he shares what all one can do to live an independent life.
Far away from the moaning and groaning patients mortuary workers of a government hospital in Chennai’s suburb work diligently. No matter how many corpses they receive per day or how bruised or how gory the cadaver, they are always ready for work, even if it is in the wee hours of the day. Truly, they are the unsung heroes.
The volunteers included people representing from Rotary Club, Nanganallur Residents’ Federation, Voltas Colony Residents’ Welfare Associations, Bandit Runners, Rajini Makkal Mandram and other community groups and residents-at-large.